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Pembrokeshire / Re: Tracing family in Pembrokeshire -- 18th and 19th centuries
« on: Tuesday 03 May 16 14:33 BST (UK)  »
I was told that William & Beatrice had 3 children: "Helena Margareta", Norman Harries  and John, but was given no birthdates for them. 1911 census has W.H.John & Beatrice in Solva with 3 yr. old "Greta". Birth records have Helen Margaretta John b. 1907 Q3, Rosetta John, Q1 1912 and Norman H. John (Q2 1918), the latter 2 showing mother's m.n. as Harries. I can't locate Beatrice or her siblings in earlier censuses.
See other posts about my delay.

Censuses:
1901:   Beatrice is in Barry.
1891:   The whole family is in St Woollos, Newport
1881:   The family is in St Woollos and William is on a ship in Newport
1871 and earlier is difficult.
I have various Master & Mate Certificates, although there are 2 Captain William HARRIES which rather confuses things.   One was born in Solva and died at sea in 1878.   The other was born in Trevine (Trefin), despite Solva being mentioned in various documents.

I'd really need to make a PDF file of information available to you so you got the bigger picture.

Hope this helps.

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Pembrokeshire / Re: Tracing family in Pembrokeshire -- 18th and 19th centuries
« on: Tuesday 03 May 16 14:21 BST (UK)  »
W.H. John of the Guardian newspaper in Solva married Beatrice Harries who is a first cousin twice removed of mine. I'm trying to trace descendants of the couple - among other things!
Sorry about the long gap. Illness intervened.
I've returned to expanding family history.  I have quite a long Progress Report on this and two associated line of relatives.  I am trying to tie them together.
William Henry JOHN married Beatrice Elizabeth Ann HARRIES (b. 21 III 1880, Grangetown, Cardiff) in 1 XI 1906 (Solva).
Her father was already dead.   He was a sea Captain and died during the 1890s.   I'm not sure when but do have a candidate.   Captain William HARRIES married Margaretta (on Beatrice's Marriage certificate) DAVIES (Solva).   She seems to have been normally known as Margaret.   He was born in Trevine (Trefin), Llanrain (Llanrhian) Parish.
I'm looking to make a more solid history involving HARRIES, DAVIES, WILLIAMS.
There are a lot of uncertainies about the maritime histories of these people.

If you wish, it might be better to exchange e-mails

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Pembrokeshire / Re: Tracing family in Pembrokeshire -- 18th and 19th centuries
« on: Tuesday 03 May 16 14:19 BST (UK)  »
William Henry John was my great uncle.  How can I help you?
Hello,
Sorry about the long gap. Illness intervened.
I've returned to expanding family history.  I have quite a long Progress Report on this and two associated line of relatives.  I am trying to tie them together.
William Henry JOHN married Beatrice Elizabeth Ann HARRIES (b. 21 III 1880, Grangetown, Cardiff) in 1 XI 1906 (Solva).
Her father was already dead.   He was a sea Captain and died during the 1890s.   I'm not sure when but do have a candidate.   Captain William HARRIES married Margaretta (on Beatrice's Marriage certificate) DAVIES (Solva).   She seems to have been normally known as Margaret.   He was born in Trevine (Trefin), Llanrain (Llanrhian) Parish. 
I'm looking to make a more solid history involving HARRIES, DAVIES, WILLIAMS.
There are a lot of uncertainies about the maritime histories of these people.

If you wish, it might be better to exchange e-mails.

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Completed Census Requests / Re: Mystery In Law *Completed* thank you
« on: Sunday 07 September 14 11:09 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
Mary SHEFFER (nee HODGE) spent the last 32 years of her life in the Glamorgan Lunatic Asylum near Bridgend.   I have made digital photo copies of the entries in the Asylum records.

There seems to have been a mental health / mental illness / Autistic Spectrum Disorder thread running back into the Cornish line.   It's been a while since I did anything on this, but the Asylum records refer to an ancestor related to Mary and Bessie's mother dying in the Cornish Asylim.

It's left me wondering whether the conditions the Cornish miners worked in extracting lead, zinc, copper, tin -- resulted in causing these problems?????

Sorry, I don't know who you are.   Can you help me out?

I would prefer ordinary e-mail but don't know how to do that.


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Pembrokeshire / Re: Tracing family in Pembrokeshire -- 18th and 19th centuries
« on: Wednesday 08 May 13 16:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi Trish,
Many thanks for replying.
The trouble with these requests nobody knows how you know and can end up duplicating.
I have alot of stuff off FreeREG -- I really rate FreeREG -- excellent resource.
There are a number of people referred to Fort.
My problem is I really need to see Tithe Maps or other plans / maps that show how many and where dwellings were in The Fort to see if I can better tie it to the 1841 Census.
Also some of the EVAN(S), WILLIAM(S), JOHN, JENKINS were Non-Conformist.   I had a 6 month sub. to Genealogist, but was not impressed by the quality of their information (eg transcriptions were full of errors compared to Ancestry and FindMyPast) plus N-C records didn't seem to cover the Parishes I was interested in -- Whitchurch, Brawdy, Roch, Mathry, Llanrhian -- to name the most important.
So for now I'm really asking for people with good local historical knowledge.
I'm working on a 'report of progress' for another relative (ie progress on Pembrokeshire) and really ought (if it's possible) to post some of the 'trees' I've created.
Actually, anyone with access to Rate Books for The Fort might shed extra light on who was there...
In hope...

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Pembrokeshire / Re: Tracing family in Pembrokeshire -- 18th and 19th centuries
« on: Tuesday 07 May 13 16:51 BST (UK)  »
Yea... :-)
But it was one of many small important ports before the railways came.
Hope someone can help...

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Pembrokeshire / Re: Tracing family in Pembrokeshire -- 18th and 19th centuries
« on: Monday 06 May 13 15:03 BST (UK)  »
Hi, (nice cat)
I know, but I just wanted to see if anyone responded.
I have so much information that I don't think the forum would be the best means of airing it.
For starters though --
I'm looking for someone with detailed historical knowledge of The Fort, Solva.   I have maps back to 1889, but want to know how many -- and where -- buildings / dwellings were before this.   What is known as Fort Cottages today apparently were built in the 18th century (when?).
Would the Tithe map show more for the 1840's?
The other starters is family history of William Henry JOHN and the West Wales Guardian.
I have the Census information for him and Fort (plus lots else), but others may have more on WH JOHN's family history than me.   I'm distantly related to him -- my grandmother was a (1st?) cousin to him.
Does that help for starters?

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Pembrokeshire / Tracing family in Pembrokeshire -- 18th and 19th centuries
« on: Sunday 05 May 13 17:46 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone please help me find people and make connections / confirm connections?
Especially:
-- The Fort, Solva
-- Solva
-- W.H. JOHN (Guardian Newspaper, Solva)
-- Penycwm
-- coal minig area around Hookses (nr Trefran / Roch Gate)
-- Mathry / Rehoboth Chapel area

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Completed Census Requests / Re: Mystery In Law *Completed* thank you
« on: Sunday 05 May 13 17:40 BST (UK)  »
CORRECTION:
The surname was spelt many ways in the Census.
Documentation shows it was latterly SHEFFERS.   Census information reveals he spoke French and therefore probably Walloon Belgian.
No further information has come to light.
Can anyone please help with the Belgian connection?

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